Spain imports more honey of questionable quality than ever

Published 2024년 7월 17일

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In the first four months of 2024, Spain imported a record 13,653 tons of low-cost honey, with China slightly surpassing Portugal as the main supplier. Chinese honey was priced at €1.13/kg, compared to Portuguese honey at €1.57/kg, with significant triangulation of Chinese honey through Portugal. Valencia, Salamanca, and Seville were the top provinces for these imports. While Spain's spring honey harvest returned to normal levels after severe droughts, regions like the Valencian Community and Region of Murcia still faced poor harvests. Additionally, Rioja experienced an irregular harvest, yielding only 50% of the expected amount, with attention now turning to the upcoming fall harvest.

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During the first four months of 2024, Spain has imported more “low-cost” honey than ever. The latest report prepared by the technical services of the COAG beekeeping sector confirms this: between January and April 2024, Spanish operators acquired a total of 13,653 tons of honey (2,153 tons more than in the same quarter of 2023). "We are facing the highest first quarter of imports of low-priced honey in recent years, as reflected in the historical data, and yet the packaging industries tell us that there are hardly any operations with Spanish milflores honey for lower demand. The data kills the story of commercial operators,” said Pedro Loscertales, head of the beekeeping sector at COAG. The main conclusions of the analysis: China slightly overtakes Portugal as the main supplier country for Spanish industry. Our industry purchased a total of 3,164 tons of honey from Chinese operators (23.2% of total imports), during the first four months of the year, at an average price of ...

Source: Agrodigital